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Kōrero: Seals

Castle Point

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Castle Point

Male fur seals that have not managed to hold a territory to breed, along with immature males, gather as bachelors at haul-out (resting) sites for most of the year. This site is at Castle Point, south of Hawke's Bay.

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by John Buckeridge

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Lloyd Spencer Davis, Seals – New Zealand fur seal, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7889/castle-point (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Lloyd Spencer Davis, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.